Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Italy
$3,398health spend per person
Healthcare in Italy
Good public hospitals; emergency rooms (pronto soccorso) treat everyone, with fees for non-urgent cases. EHIC holders get public care; others need insurance. Private clinics in big cities.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance with at least €30,000 cover.
- Pharmacies: Green-cross farmacie everywhere; a rota 'farmacia di turno' covers nights. Many medicines need a prescription.
- Doctors: 4.2 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 113 · Ambulance 118 · Fire 115 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- RomeHealthcare & insurance
- VeniceHealthcare & insurance
- FlorenceHealthcare & insurance
- MilanHealthcare & insurance
- Amalfi CoastHealthcare & insurance
- NaplesHealthcare & insurance
- Lake ComoHealthcare & insurance
- Cinque TerreHealthcare & insurance
- SicilyHealthcare & insurance
- TuscanyHealthcare & insurance
- PositanoHealthcare & insurance
- SardiniaHealthcare & insurance
- BolognaHealthcare & insurance
- VeronaHealthcare & insurance
- PisaHealthcare & insurance
- CapriHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa portal
- Consulate General of Italy in New York: Digital Nomad Visa
- European Commission: Entry/Exit System
- Trenitalia
- World Bank open data
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